> He was discussing targeted assassinations. One doesn't "target" an innocent person.

Quite apart from anything else, I don't think these statements hang together, and we wouldn't accept them in any other context. Being targeted is not the same as being guilty.

I'm sorry but I can you elaborate? What exactly isn't hanging together? I'm assuming you don't mean that in other contexts is is okay to target an innocent person, but I'm not sure what you do mean.

Being targeted is indeed not the same as being guilty. One is being used in the context of war, and the other is used in the Justice system.